I am Rika Uchiha, an unknown child to the world. Why am I unknown? Because my father is from the Uchiha clan while my mother is from the Hyuga, two of the most prideful families. My mother and father met when they became Genin, and at that moment they chose that they want to be together, and stayed as loving until they could marry. The only problem is that in a marriage, one of the families has to give up a child to the other family, and both clans were just too stuck-up to do that. So when my mother found out she was pregnant, they had no choice but to go into hiding. The choice to hide was a good one, because I was born with only one Byakugan eye.
I have lived my whole childhood with only my parents in a quiet forest. Sometimes my father would go into a village to get some food or supplies, but I was not allowed to go because of my eyes. It wasn't one of those stories where my parents didn't let me know there were other beings out there. They did let me know, they taught me about history and culture, math, science and even some jutsus ( I was best in genjutsu and taijutsu).
My parents thought that if I knew there were other beings out there I wouldn't get antisocial, but it had the opposite effect. Because I knew that I was separated from other people who were living normal life, I became depressed. I would talk to my family very little and wouldn't train my jutsus. I was in this state for two years.
When I was eight my parents went out of our hiding spot to get some new supplies for a new bed, because I have overgrown my old one. I still remember that day as if it was just last week. I woke up later than I usually would, so I went to check where my parents were. I looked around the whole house, but couldn't find them. Our home was all made of wood. The floor was wood, the walls were wood, the roof was wood, even most of the furniture was wood. Wood was just easy to find around where we stayed.
When I walked into the kitchen I saw a note on the table. "We went out to get some more supplies for your new bed, there is some breakfast for you." was written in my mom's writing, and next to it was a plate with eggs and two slices of bread. We didn't have enough money to have better breakfast. I ate my breakfast and then I waited. I waited for hours with no end, although it wasn't actually bad. I liked being alone. I was nice and quiet, a peaceful place for a depressed child. But after a while it got too quiet. Too quiet even for me.
When the sun started to go down, I chose it was a good time to go check for my parents. I started heading over to the village, although i knew I was not allowed within it. The trees were quieter than they usually were. It didn't feel right. Usually the forest was full of life, birds were chirping and sticks were snapping underneath animal's feet, sometime there was even a howl. But today the forest was empty. As I kept on walking I felt that something was truly wrong, I started fearing for my parents. 'What if something happened to them?' It really is a scary thing, not knowing where the only other two people in your life are.
All I remembered after that was seeing my parents on on the ground, the leaves underneath them soaked in red. I remember seeing a man with white hair, and then nothing.